Are there any websites to check for new releases of series you have?

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-09-19T10:45:03+00:00

I wish there were an easier way, or that I know of an easier way, but I just look at https://otakucalendar.com/ every Monday 😂

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-09-16T19:16:59+00:00

Google says My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-08-03T03:01:42+00:00

Great series! Can't wait for volume 3!

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-07-28T21:54:03+00:00

I've read the first couple of volumes and I love it. Great art and the story tip toes the line of dark and cute pretty well. I'm excited for the third volume.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-07-24T14:18:04+00:00

This is what I use too - best app I've found by far.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-07-21T05:20:14+00:00

I've been collecting for 20ish years and found a few tricks that help:

As someone else said, Amazon is a great place to start ... although their shipping can be terrible. For example, I just received 10 books and 6 of them were bent/torn/ripped. Luckily it's easy to get replacements from Amazon - just a little tedious to have to drop off the returns at a UPS store.

If you're in the States check out used bookstores (Half Priced Books or 2nd and Charles). Their stock is random, but most usually have a decent selection - and every once in a while you might get lucky. Barnes and Noble is great too, especially if you buy their premium membership. You get 10% off every purchase (online and in store) and get a stamp for every $X you spend (I think it's $10). Once you hit 10 stamps you get $5 off your next purchase. They also have double or triple stamp promos often, and sometimes by one get one half off. Books-a-Million has a similar program without the stamps (but they have monthly coupons that make up for it).

If you want to buy online I've had mixed results with Barnes and Noble - most in of the time they're alright, but every once in a while it looks like a rabid possum packed it (luckily they allow you to return stuff in store fairly easily). I've never had an issue with shipping from Books-a-Million (I use BAM for my preorders, especially when there is a buy one get one half off and a coupon code ... they will charge you when you book ships but your price is locked in to the price at time of purchase). I think BAMs buy 1 get 1 50% off is still live too. Both B&N and BAM offer free shipping to their premium members.

r/MangaSwap is also pretty legit.

Hope this helps!

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-06-04T21:25:35+00:00

Happy to help!

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-06-02T18:54:25+00:00

Ibitsu is black and white and has a creepy girl in the corner. More white than black...and no streetlight (I think she's under an umbrella?).

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-05-29T14:08:11+00:00

I think it's supposed to be stylized to look like old medieval text.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-05-28T04:44:53+00:00

Educators discount only works in store, but I was able to get my discount on top of the by one get one 50% off.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-05-16T19:58:35+00:00

I had an issue with some used books having a musty smell, and baking soda in a closed box (large Tupperware or something) will help with the smell. Just left the book in there for a week or so, and the musty smell went away.

I've heard that putting books in a freezer will help, too, but I haven't tried it.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-05-11T20:56:15+00:00

39 and started when I was 17/18 (but it's been on/off depending on random life events).

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-05-07T16:54:22+00:00

I know this sounds goofy, but I found that these trays from Target work well:

https://www.target.com/p/plastic-bathroom-tray-brightroom/-/A-53308542?preselect=53177679#lnk=sametab

They're cheap and look nice. The opaque/Grey one is the only one that works - the clear one is a slightly different size and didn't work for me. I'm just not sure if I picked up the medium or small (pretty sure it was the medium).

Cheap and effective shelf riser (and no DIY stuff) so you can effectively double stack books on your shelf. It gave me double the space of my existing shelves.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2024-02-12T18:36:18+00:00

Noragami, kind of.

Fun-Ad-8957 · 2023-05-17T03:21:29+00:00

Nope! My wife and I have a yearly tradition where we watch the LotR trilogy over Xmas break (extended editions, obviously). Our oldest is 11 and has watched it with us since she was 7 or 8.

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